The fish in the river are easier to catch, for me anyway. Watch the current seams and you’ll be fine.
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Here’s a tip that will make life easier for you. If you’re planning on using Sudden Impact, bend down the barbs on the treble hook. Heck I bend down the barb on a circle hook to make them a pliers free un hook.
As long as your line is tight, there’s no need for the barbs.
I found with all stink baits the normal reaction is to load them up with as much bait as possible. My experience has shown that most of that bait gets thrown off on the cast. So watch as your casting. If there’s bait going every which way, cut down on it. As long as there’s fibers on the hook it’s attracting fish.
What else? I think it was Ryan above that said to use a couple baits. Most definitely! If you can, I would have one rod with cut sucker (easy to get) and two flavors of stink. Let the fish tell you what they want that day or night.
I’m always surprised when one stink out performs another and the next day it’s the other way around.
Ask away with the questions. There’s a ton of knowledge on this forum and we all don’t fish the same way for the same fish.
Good luck, but most of all…Have Fun! 
